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Changes to the work capability assessment which aim to improve the way it assesses the effect of cancer treatment are being introduced today, meaning many people will no longer be forced to work or look for work while dealing with the effects of the disease....

Sorry to start the new year of on a cynical note but... Just before Christmas the NHS Commissioning Board (the central body which sets standards for the NHS) published a series of documents.

A third of employees would be willing to pay for an in-house financial adviser provided by their employer, according to Deloitte.

Bupa has added two BMI Healthcare hospitals to its recognised list for policyholders.

UK GDP contracted 0.3% in the final quarter of 2012, a worse than expected figure that raises the spectre of a triple-dip recession.

Labour has proposed a long-term care funding strategy whereby everybody will pay a compulsory charge, rather than just those needing care.

More than three in four (76%) organisations say they have become more concerned about information security and privacy over the past three years - but only 19% have purchased insurance designed to cover these exposures, according to new research commissioned...

The ABI has called for a national awareness campaign on the public's right to social care once the Care and Support Bill is published in the spring.

An adviser who helped his customer negotiate a difficult settlement on an old protection policy has been specially recognised at Legal & General's 2012 Business Quality Awards.

Firms distributing 'payment protection' products - such as short-term income protection - must ensure salespeople do not have inappropriate incentives to sell them, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has stressed in new guidance.